I had trouble with my Ruger Mark III (Model 22/45)

[MJCookSr]

Recently I had some un-needed help from my grandson when I left the room for a moment and he put the main spring assembly back in to my Ruger Mark III 22/45.  Needless to say it didn't work after that and I couldn't get the pistol apart and didn't know how.  I was thinking about sending it back to the factory, but somebody suggested I checkout "youtube".  After many, many hours, I found out to remove the main spring assembly and re-install it properly.  Thank God for "youtube".  After my rant it isn't very likely the grandson will help without asking.  I must say, I really like my Ruger Mark III  22/45, it is a fantastic target and plinking pistol.

If anybody else ever runs into the same problem, here a very good link:
       
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFYwbHjOEg

[tombogan03884]

Thanks for the link, I'm sure some one else will have the same problem.
Glad it worked out for you and he didn't lose any parts.

[Big Frank]

I'm glad you got it straightened out. You can make things easier with the Speed Strip Kit from Majestic Arms. The mainspring and everything other than the bolt stays in the gun. It's not too expensive either. You can still field strip it the regular way too if you need to. http://www.majesticarms.com/id10.html

BTW one of the best tools I've found to pull the mainspring latch out is a regular paper clip.